Wurlitzer manufactured
jukeboxes in the U.S.A. under the name of The Rudolph
Wurlitzer Company. It was the best known name in the
industry and they made some of the best looking jukeboxes,
especially during the 1940s. When they first began to
make jukes, the 78 was the record of choice and only a few
selections could be played on one jukebox. This maxed
out in the 45 era when Wurlitzer introduced machines that
could play 100 records front and back for a total of 200
selections as they played catch up to the 200 select
Seeburgs. Wurlitzer designer Paul Fuller came up with
some of the most impressive models in the '30s and '40s
including the 1015 made famous by a public advertising campaign launched by
Wurlitzer after WWII. You can see photos of a typical
salesman's binder here.
Another example of how Wurlitzer promoted themselves can be
found via this rare 100th
Anniversary
sign. In the late 1970s, Wurlitzer introduced a new
record changer mechanism that was very unreliable.
Even after the problems were fixed the damage was done and
Wurlitzer closed its doors in the United States.
Today, jukeboxes bearing the Wurlitzer name are actually
made by Gibson in Germany and imported to the U.S. The old Wurlitzer factory
in New York was home to Wurco Inc. I have a few factory
photos here.

Wurlitzer
Jukeboxes
45 RPM Era Begins1954 - 1962Although
conversions were made available to convert early models
from the factory starting with the 1250 the
first real dedicated 45RPM machine to be released as
such was the 1650A.
This is why I consider 1954 to be the start of the 45
era for the Wurlitzer jukebox.

Wurlitzer Jukeboxes 45 RPM Era Peaks1970 - 1990During
this
era Wurlitzer produced a range of console like
jukeboxes, which while they areunique
in
there own way, lack the style and flash of earlier
models. They do not command large prices and are
pretty common to find in the wild.